From the City to the Sea, Proforca Theatre Company presents a celebration of old friends, award nominated theatre and brand new adventures in a special double bill of shows announced for February 2023 at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre as we welcome back the award-nominated “Feel More “ and the return of our Offie-Nominated (offwestend.com) production of “Lately” which was nominated for “Best New Play” in 2021. Find out more right here!
FEEL MORE [2023]
We are delighted to announce the return of our critically acclaimed production of "Feel More" for a brand new run of performances for the first time since 2020, written by Georgie Bailey & James Lewis, directed by Jess Barton with David Brady.
Imagine someone else's life, just for a moment. A city that never sleeps, and 4 more stories of looking back, looking down and looking to the future.
Proforça Theatre Company presents "Feel More (2023)" , A evening of four new pieces of writing from the universe of our main production of "Feel". Four new characters living their lives in the modern world we live in. Four new stories about love. loss and letting go. Four out of 9.3 million, just for a moment.
Because sometimes, to follow your heart you have to close your eyes, take a deep breath and be braver than you've ever been before...
PRAISE FOR FEEL MORE
OFFCOMM NOMINATION [OFFWESTEND.COM] - FEEL MORE 2020
★★★★★ - “What could so easily be just two short monologues on the drudgery of London living, of feeling lost and alone in a crowded city, are instead two pieces of wonderful writing and performances. These are themes that writer James Lewis does so well, taking the mundane and bringing them to wonderful multi-coloured life.” - Everything Theatre [Before Feel / BYS 2022]
★★★★ - “If you haven’t been introduced to the Feel universe yet, this is a great primer. A wander through what it means to love and be loved in all the ways we think of that concept.” - View from the Cheap Seat
★★★★ - "a production chock-full of elegant simplicity and is a truly stylish delight.” The Review Chap
★★★★ - “A challenging production for any director to bring together. Jess Barton deserves to be very proud of this achievement” Theatre & Arts Reviews (Elaine Chapman)
LATELY
“The Monster Always Wins, Right?”
Cal & Alf. Callum & Alison. They were supposed to be part of each other’s lives forever, if only the universe had let things happen the way they should.
But whoever they were before, they’re different people now, and the problem with living here is that is always pulls you back again, no matter how hard you try to get away.
And the universe that sent them spinning into free-fall throws them together again when the girl who ran away comes back to find out what happened to the boy who didn’t want to leave.
And the question that the universe needs to answer most of all now is - Whatever happens to those bits of us we leave behind and thought we’d lost forever?
Proforca Theatre Company presents the return of the Offie-Nominated “Lately” by James Lewis, directed by David Brady, which made its debut at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre in September 2021, an intimate, emotional story about the places we can never escape from, the dreams we never realise and the people that bring us back down to earth again.
PRAISE FOR LATELY
OFFIE NOMINATION (OFFWESTEND.COM) - BEST NEW PLAY [2021]
★★★★ “It’s a tough show full of tough themes, but it has a heart as big as the moon over Thailand” View from the Cheap Seat
★★★★ “Lately is beautiful moving storytelling. It’s real life. It’s excellent theatre” - London Theatre Reviews
★★★★ “The beautiful lyrical script was a pleasure to hear. The work is cleverly circular with a lot of ground covered in between” - London Pub Theatres
★★★★ “A beautiful and personal drama, Lately’s themes of wanting to escape both physically and mentally from your life are relatable of so many levels” - Everything Theatre
★★★★ “This is such an exquisite and sensitively written play I would happily have spent another evening in its company - View From the Outside
★★★★ “When given such extremely fine treatment as it is here, this thoughtful and moving play certainly demands to be seen.” - London Living Large
“Writing, direction & performances of the highest quality, with a story thats infinitely relatable.” - Theatre Things
ABOUT PROFORCA THEATRE COMPANY
Proforca Theatre Company is the managing company in residence at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre, Kentish Town. Feel More [2023] and Lately following the critically acclaimed "Feel" (2018-19 Lion & Unicorn Theatre & Tour) and the award nominated "At Last" (2019) and "AAAAA [FiveA]” (2020) - (Lion & Unicorn & Albany Theatre Coventry) and “Flashbang” (2022).
FROM THE CITY TO THE SEA
“From the City to the Sea” is performed at the Lion & Unicorn Theatre from Tues Feb 21 - Sat Feb 25th (no public performance Fri 24th) - With tickets on sale now. Casting will be announced for both shows in our double bill shortly. For more information visit www.proforca.co.uk or www.thelionandunicorntheatre.com